Daily COVID infections count reaches 740 and 20 deaths
Posted on December 4th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 740 today (December 04) as 199 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 566,936.
As many as 542,010 recoveries and 14,440 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 outbreak.
More than 10,486 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed.
The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 21 more coronavirus-related deaths for December 03, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus pandemic to 14,440.
According to the figures released by the Govt. Information Department, the deaths reported today include 17 males and 04 females.
Six of the patients are between the ages 30-59 years while the remaining 15 are in the age group of 60 years and above.